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Luca Zamoc was born in the mid eighties and learned the first drawing notions from comic books, the bible and anatomy books. He later on moves to Milano to take an art direction and graphic design course at Nuova Accademia dell’Arte art academy. He draws on any media, from walls to paper to digital illustrations. He recently left again left his gray hometown, the city of Modena, moving subsequently to Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, London, Venice and now Istanbul.

May he have changed since we last saw him? Judging from the clothes he designed for the bastard collection, he is still his same old self, but like a good wine, his art just gets better with age.

Death is the only big theme in my work.

I’m not good at describing life, i don’t know how to use colors, i can’t draw people (women in particular) and i can’t tell anything pleasant. If you visit my tumblr it’s all guts, monsters and assassins.

Here is the exclusive Interview with the Death.

The bastard collection Fall Winter 2012-13 is out, this is our thirty-first collection!

Thanks to everybody that collaborated with us to design snowboards and snowboard outerwear, jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts and all the rest of this rich set.

Lastly, a big thanks to all friends who shared with me the photo shooting day and to everyone who helped us along the way.

Enjoy it.

Tanner Hall, Henrik Harlaut and Phil Casabon will be hitting the bastard store on the 3rd of October. They will attend the premiere of their latest movie “The education of Style” by Inspired media.

Do you want to meet the Inspired crew, watch their latest movie and get a glossy poster signed by Tanner, Henrik and Phil?

Where? Milan, bastard store, via Scipio Slataper n19

When? Wednesday October 3rd, 2012

What time? 9:00 pm

When you think about Afghanistan it is almost inevitable to avoid thinking about war and religious fanatism. But once you know about Oliver Percovich’s work your thought can start to change. Oliver is an australian skateboarder that has been able to see more than a piece of urban furniture in the Mekroyan Fountain (Kabul). He saw even more than some transitions ready to be ridden. He had a vision about how to use skateboarding as a tool to transform the way of life in a city destroyed by years of war and extreme religious beliefs and he founded Skateistan in 2007; a social project all about education, art, social integration and skateboarding.

Nowadays Skateistan is a reality with a pretty interesting future. Its history, current and future projects are all in Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan. An amazing bunch of really interesting material, interviews, reportages and a lot of nice pictures.

Locum is a short documentary on skateboarding directed by Van Khokhlov, italian language with english subtitles. Length 31′.

Some remember the Concussion magazine run by Jonathan Hay. Occasionally you would get it at some skateparks around the world and you couldn’t not appreciate the contents and the flavor, really similar to the first Thrasher issues.

Since a while Jonathan gave life to Confusion, that here in Italy  is  was almost impossible to find… now every new issue is available in Italy at the bastard store for 4 euro. It’s worth all of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Mattia Turco is a good friend of ours, a great skater and an all around good guy. He expresses himself through his painting and is known for his unique etching technique.

Join us on Wed, September 26th (6pm) at the bastard store for Mattia Turco’s first solo exhibition, BRUXISMO, and take a journey to the far side, guided by Mattia’s own insights into his mind’s eye.

During the exhibition, Open through Saturday September 29th, you can admire Mattia’s art work and, if you’re a skater boy, rip it up on the bastard bowl during the organized skate session.

Want to learn more about Mattia? Is him!

Want to check out his work? Have a look here!

Register online for this event on Google+ or on Facebook.

We’re ready for the most anticipated event of September, Un Tranquillo Weekend da Paura 2012 edition. The program is as follows:

FRIDAY SEPT. 14

9 pm – concert

DOPE D.O.D. + Ganja Cookies

SATURDAY SEPT. 15

2.30 pm – skate contest

Skateboard miniramp Contest B Category with product prizes from the sponsors.

Before finals, BMX freestyle demo with the Team Frontocean.

6.30 pm – concert

HELL ON EARTH, european hardcore-punk tour, 5 bands on the stage:

Walls of Jericho – Detroit metalcore, USA

Death Before Dishonor – Boston oldschool hardcore, USA

Hundredth – melodic hardcore, USA

Betrayal – hardcore, california, USA

Bitter verses – hardcore, DE

SUNDAY SEPT. 16

3 pm – Miniramp skateboard contest.

Skaters from Italy and many guests from abroad will fight for the 3000 euros cash prizes, at the notorious miniramp also known as Bonassodromo di Usmate.

Here the last year edition video report to refresh your memory.

As usual, free entrance for concerts and skate-contest.

This short but impressive clip contains 60 second of Nikolai Danov tricks and lines, filmed by his friend Stefano Federici at The Marcin Solecki skatepark (Skatepark Cinecittà) in Rome.

With long or short hair Nikolai’s skateboarding style is still the same, powerful and technical.

Daje Niko!

In the newsstands around Italy since a few days, the new 6:00AM Skateboard Culture Magazine issue sports an Edo Paris double page bastard ad, shot by Giuliano Berarducci.

Edo rides on a skateboard from at least 20 years and his one of the most powerful and all-around skaters ever in Milan. During some days of the week you can find him at the bastard store where he works as store manager.

BigHead Edo!